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Cover of the 2002 book "An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts" which details Jack Warner's story of collecting. More American masterworks exit Westervelt-Warner Museum
Tuscaloosa News - May 3rd, 2011 18:22
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hard-hit by a deadly tornado on April 27, is facing up to $100 million in storm damage, according to reports. The city is also experiencing a cultural loss with the quiet exodus of exceptional artworks from its Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art. Last week, four more works from this renowned corporate collection of American art were reportedly withdrawn from the museum, including Edward Hopper's 'Dawn Before Gettysburg,' Mary Cassatt's 'Denise in Hand Mirror,' ...

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Louis Remy Mignot, "Travelers in a Tropical Landscape" Shannon's Sells Over $5,000,000, World Records Set for Louis Rémy Mignot, Mary Bradish Titcomb, and Gerald Laing
Release Date: 05 May 2011
  Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ major spring sale, held on April 28th, 2011, realized over $5,000,000, an overall record for the auction house. Leading an impressive group of Hudson River School works was Louis Rémy Mignot’s Travelers in a Tropical Landscape, a rediscovered masterpiece ...

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AADLA President Clinton Howell cutting the ribbon officially opening the Inaugural Spring Show NYC. INAUGURAL SPRING SHOW NYC OPENS TO A RESOUNDING POSITIVE RESPONSE AND STELLAR REVIEWS FROM DEALERS AND FAIR-GOERS ALIKE
Release Date: 05 May 2011
The inaugural Spring Show NYC roared into town for its five-day run with a benefit preview for The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), on Wednesday, April 27.  Organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) and sponsored by 1stdibs, the ...

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New Collectors/Young Designers Night at SOFA New York 2011. A LIVELY MIX 14th SOFA NEW YORK APRIL 14-17 WRAPS AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Release Date: 05 May 2011
The 14th annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory enjoyed steady crowds and sales, from the well-attended vernissage on April 13 straight through its four-day run, which ended on Sunday, April 17. An estimated 2000 persons attended Opening Night throughout the ...

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Jacob Lawrence, The Cabinet Maker, 1994.  Gouache on paper, 29 ¾ x 22 inches. Jacob Lawrence: Builders opens at DC Moore Gallery
Release Date: 05 May 2011
Jacob Lawrence: Builders features paintings, drawings, and prints that communicate the artist’s belief in the possibility of building a better world through skill, ingenuity, hard work, and collaboration. For the last three decades of his life, Lawrence (1917-2000) consistently pursued the ...

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